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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-22
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"a few days ago q party Of several
OF IA who had been on the wrong side
oi'0il Trustt the day before, determined
to forget our misfortune by seeking a
days recreation at certain lake about
fifty miles south OF here, and there
while the hours away by fighting mos.
quitos and enats and angling between
bites. Our sport was fair, and moth.
ing occurred TO diaturb the harmony
OF the occasion until one OF the party
hung what seemed to be an immense
fish, aud though It showed no game
yet the weight was there and gave pull
enough to almost break the pole. At
first we thought IL was a turtle, but as
IL nesred the surface the tail Of an inn
mepse snake hove in sight, on the
other end OF which was ten pound
catfish, which had swallowed The
snake, and IL being too long for the
fish left about eighteen inches ick-
ing out OF its mouth. The snake in
its frantic ttforts to get loose had
struck the business end Of the HOOK,
hence the catch. Oar entire party
were dumbfounded and almost speech
less with fear at the thought Of having
the snake suddenly pulled from the
mouth of the fish and landed in our
midst in the boat. Just at this juno.
ture the fish gave lunge toward the
boat; a yell, a jump, splash TO-
lowed, and our entire parry vera in
water twenty feet deep. each trying to
save himself by climbing on the boat,
while the snake aud fish were doing
the circus act by circulating the pole
in our midet in their efforts
TO get away. We were rescued
by negroes on the bank, and
returned to the clubhouse for repairs.
We had Just finished changing our
clothing, and we're discussing our mar
row escape when one OF our number
discovered spider the an OF Tom
Thumb on one Of the mosquito bars.
This fnished the business, Each
man rushed for his grip and made for
tbs depot, and in thirty minutes all
were aboard the train, bound for
home, and q three days sport was
ended in four hours. We jointly and
severally entered into bond to keep
this matter secret and determined to
lose our entire capital before we'd
ever go fishing sgsin. OF course you'll
say nothing about 1t, but I'd bust If
/ didn't tell II to SOMEONE"
Just then the gong rang, and the re-
porter leir fully determined not to
mention IL.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1887-02-07

Den enropdti1en 6auptitdbten perbeR iebt
gSobltbati8teltss gonSerte gum 8elten Der
SetroTeaen oeranltaItet.
- Ser bisherige 9tattbaIter BON
Smprna, 0altl &liaat Bal6a, murDe
in gleicner GlgenlDait mad Bagoao perz
leBt. Oas tlrftlGs 8tatt v@DlOmai"
in Smprna tptomet Dem lheloenoen
Stoatsmanne etnen Observation-Disclosures gfcdDz
ruf, III meldem e5 berOorDebt, D0B DQbreno
oeiieu furser Amtsoauer 346 Hduber
uno 8auoiten eefDpft, gebentt,
er lbollen, er1to6en ooer lonit
un'@Goli1 gema6t poroen ftno.
Die Staot g6tIippopeL mar Der
S6aupIaB elmer regelre6ten 8elagerung
nnO Sertbeioi9ung, oeren un8luGltDe Sell
Din Die Satin oeS &eoaftenrs oeS Dppo>
ltttoneuen rytarooni @las", Srau Mant>
ibOff, mar. Gtnes 9ta6mtttags tratert
plDBlt6 bier @enoarmen III baS 9aus
WtantlAoff'S, un oenleIben gu Derhatten.
Sbr SIbrer ertlGrte, oaB Wtantl6off .coinz
p%lottirt" babe uno DesbaLb i'm Auftrage per
Ge9entl6aft ms @efGn9nlB abgefuhrt tDer>
ben lolte. Die @attiu Wtantlhoff's ntoerz
ieBte ftp inoeB oer Gerbaftung ibres Manz
mes, Nno ais elmer Der @enoarmen Ite Sus
rnditieB uno miBbanoeln moute, 5og lie
elnCr 3te0oloer 6erDor uno feuerte auf Die
Bolt3tlten, Delhe Den Serbafteten loSlieBen
uno iAIeunlgft bic SIu6t ergrlffen. @lne
Stunoe 1pdter febrten tie aber nit einigen
oreiBtg WGnn 8eritGrfun9 auraf, uno oa
tie Gas 0alStbor perr1mmelt un0 ale
Senlterl0oen gelhlol1en fanDen, 10 be9anz
men tie cine regelrehte GtnihLieBung unO
Selagerung 0es GebGuoes. SnSmIlGen
rldle audi cine BatroutIe WeiIit6r an uno
nerlu6te Die 9austblre 81 ipren9etl. OG
erlbien Srau Wiantihoff, nit einen Wt1s
Gelters &Grabtner bendffnet uno feuerte
mutbtg auf Die Nn0rin9en0en, inoeB lbr
Wiann binter tbr ltano uno bas @eDebr
INNER bon 9feuem LuD. Die Solpaten
uno 0cnoarmeu i0oiien 5uriid, uno es
e~ntitano elm mebrltun0tger San1pf. bet benz
lber 3Delbunoert6n9eln auf Die fIhneTrau
abgeTeuert tpuroen, obne 6aB tie oerleBt
tporoen mare. 90 gelang eS ibr, it6 TAFT
atDet Stuuoen Lang gegen Die u~eberu10Dt
gu balten; bier @e1oarmen u1D eben 10
Dtele Soloaten tpurocn %perrpuuoet; ldlieBs
LID muBte ite ober oon Der uebermabt
neiden uno ith surudaieben. Die Belas
gerer itirmten 0as 9aus, uuD Srau
Manti6off fteL, bon bret SdbeIbteben
lbper getrofTen, bIuteno 3uiammen. Qu6
tbr WfGnlt Duroe ~aufgefutoeN llno BON Der
erbitterten SoLoateSfa 81 Sooen geihlagen.
@e9en 9beno ipuroen Btios inTolge Snters
BENTON oes StaDtfomman0anten ms
0olpitaL iberfubrt. Der i8uitatto Der
tapteren Bulgortn, peIhe eben 10 gut bic
sSeoer mie Die 6Llnte 81 fibren puBte, 1T
fat bofrnungStoS.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1887-02-07
GiSNtctmeA

SIN Wtnter bel grocer RGIte 1T tuobI
N6t 81 9eben aAt Die 6tidtei1e.
IS lit OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES au treffen, Das
benz Baler, norm Slide ge5iAtet tueroen,
nlDQIldIt DteI gelunoe Suit ooer Sauer1toff
augefIbrt merDe. benin ebeHle ipeHig Die Die
Gbiere am Telten 2anoe, f0nnen Die 8erpohz
ner 0eS Q8aliers ben Sauerltoff - a[s bic
etgentLl6e GebenSbeOtnaung - entbebreu.
S00n BON Der Gltfren G1e1nie tpuroe Der
Saueritoff nit &ebt ais Die tpabre Qebensz
Iuft be5cibnet. Obne Sauerltoff 1T unbez
bin9t fetn tDteriibeS 2eben Dentbar.
Sm Itrengen 8inter, tpenn Der Souerz
1toff Des WGiierS tart eatgeiogen unD oiez
les Durh ltarfe Sis uno SHneebeden BON
Der GuBereu Butt abgeidnitten miro, entz
ltebt, taas man nIdt IN Der Sage lit, unter
1olGen ulnltaH0en Den 2uz unO NbfluR
oes QSallers ununterbroden in Sepegung
81 erbalten, Die @efabr, DaB in 36olge uus
aus9eleBter Gntn1tlbHng organiiher &0rz
per benz Seripelen, allo 0ur6 Die it'd biers
bet entDIGellloen 9aIe Der ~GrltiGungstoo
oer Nllde leDr baio eintritt. lin iolden
lnllilr1en 0eTabren por6ubeu8en, BARI Das
Ausbauen bon 9o6ern iogenannten
Wabnen - on me5reren Steuen in Der
GIsoede ME perna1lGlli9t tperDen, uno es
ut"lIeN UteIS 2tIuutHet III Gtle Oct etL0Q
elntretenoem ltarfen S6neefeue ODER bel
SGneeoerpeDungen our1 fletBiges Nus=
lhaufeln tets offen gebalten tperoen, oomit
TN Wal1er unter Der GlsbeGe ltets Elm fieis
ner 3uft5ug erbalten perDe. Soute ober
oas S6lIulrnlte eintreten, n2mlih Die to-
g%enannte Mu5lagerung Der Slide AL bez
tur6teu istn, mas man oaran ecfennt. baR
oas Wal1er letne natiirlIde belle iSarbe nerS
dnDerE uno gels oDer braun miro, 10 fann
oteler 0ef1br nut 6ur1 oas unteu ol1ocs
tlprte Dftttel begegnet peroen. Diele Ser
tarbung rubrt meiltenS bon tDinSia fletuen.
rl9t nit benz unbepaffneten 2luse tpobrz
n%ebmbaren Gflansen uno G5ieren her.
Sur3 bepor Die 6il6e ibre 2ager perloIien.
5et8en it6 5uerit flelne, baum QroBe Bailerz
lptlnen uno Safer, matt ooer toDt, bel Den
Wabnen. Sim folgenoeu Sage erjdeinen
eIntge Slide, wie betGubt na1 Suit idnans
pend; cann erideint oas trauriglte 3eiden.
Aaspogely &rGben &c. umtretien, 8eute tpitz
terno. Die Babueu uno Die Geihe.
Das ein3lge Neittel our 9~fettuna Der
Stlde 1T MIR: baB man ben 8aIierobfluR
beoeuteno uermebrt, bis Der EetAipteael i'd
utn 6-8 3oa geienft bat; oann permebrf
man nan W0alt6feit ioTort Den :3ufluR. 10
oaB oas Waifer i'm Eeihe in turaer Seit
9uf9efrtlht H11o erneuert mtrb.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1887-02-07
StSakoba
. Ocl
ge0en ent3daolidsu Rbenmatismas.
@G3tige 8eiueiie.
Is SATIRE neTitter..

Is Sabre g%eIItteI.
Tieine SHUTTER Botte felt BEN Iestet finfe5n
Sobret on entstinoli6ent 8beurnatisrrnS gelits
ten. SO 9ab j6on ale 6offnung dui. Sulest
ma1te iie nod einen 8srirld nit ct. Satobs
BEL. S6on Sic erfe SIaf6e bredte &fnOers
ung uno nGdoem feds SIai9en perbraudt
w6rel, mar fte poIitan6tg bergeteIt.
s. S. SCHUBERT, &at1sGfee, SHs.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1887-02-07
@urAe drnrtlG.

WOW*NV WAU4EIYs
Set fiinf sabren lit i6 an ent3EnbIt&enn
&beunrotismIS, TpeI9er fdIteBIt9 6ronil9
TDurbe. 9ie perf6iebenftet 6eiImitteI Ipurben
periu8t unb bic beften @er5te couiuItirt, bod
Gues per9e6ens. Ollie Soffrtrlns auf 8efierang
9ufseben6, b1rte i'd bon ct. Safobs Del. Ia6s
Dem i'd bret Slai9en ongeruanbt bate bin i3
beute Elm gefunber Mdnn.
Sobn @tGer 9e 9ere, Gisc.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1887-02-07
SaS Snr@frteren oeS 6artent0Rx
hrs

i'm @inter erIei6tert Die SrI6iabrsarbetten
iebr peientLtdh, inDem Der Booen orrb ben
Sroit loGer II milrbe aemaht fpiro. Nu6
Die in Der @roe entbaltenen gfdbritoffe tperz
ben our6 ben Troit geI0it, pesbalb Die
@Grten nno Seloer mad einem itrengen
@inter iml1er niel fru6tbarer eriheinen,
ais nah eiuem 9eItnben. lin Die CUTE 0irz
flung oeS Sroltes gu erbDben, iol man ben
@arten oOr @inter um9raben unb in
rauben S6oQen lte9en laiien. g1o6 Dorz
t~beilbafter aber lit es, Die S~ooenarbciten
nor5unebmeH, ipenn Shnee lteat, bamit
oas ge9rabene 9ouO often bleibt Wnb srInOs
Lih burnfriereu fam.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1887-02-07
@nTh fnerth.

Set mebreren @o6en bate i9san ent5itnSs
It5em &beutnatisn1ls geIitten. SD mar Ntdt
i'm Statbe, obne Silfe gu ellen p6er mid onSus
fleibett. SO taufte cine SIaf9e ct. Safobs Del
nno fta6bert i9 3nei britteL bapDn gebrau@t
bate, mar t1 rpieber pouitGn6ig bereefteut.
6. 6. Sones, Stem @Ieran6ria, 2bi0.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1887-02-07
3immerpnnmaett.

peI6e nit 11n9eSteier, ME 8Iattz un6
Sdtlolauien bebaftet iino ma1Ien ale IL
8IGttern .mitteIs zines S6uammes nit
Iaumarmen SeiFenmaiier unO 4ierna9 nit
reinem 0Gifer obgewai6en &peroen. NuBers
benz lit Dafir 81 iOrgen, OaB IS i'm 3imner
10 tpentg Staub 9iebt, alS eS nur m0glt6
lit. gfimmt man Die Waldungen mebrere
8o6en lang re6t 9runoli6 Dor, 10 neroen
Die Bflan5en bon Den 21uien befrett ietu.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1887-02-07
1etu 1nnr

ioIte eein i66niter 5bn1ud feiu. gner's
6air-9igOr felt Dem 5aare, rpenn IS Slim
uao bleib gctuorOen, ieine @ebensfraft uao
ln9enoltde 6arbe tpieoer Der; unb ioieru
Die 9rllau nidlt obgeftorbeu oSer abIorbirt
firio, 0eat IS etaen tabten &cpf nit ueuem
Spare.
0l4i9t4 bic Suaenofarbe rnb 9ebensfraft
oS's'a1' oeS 0aareS i'm sitter he!uabrt rpers
eail? SieS mas 6rou g. Norten pom Sonter.
ptue, WtaFly ldat: Set so Sabren gcs
brelid)e id] ager's 0nir@@igor; utS obiuohl
tt iiber so SATIRE alt bin, 10 lift bod re;u
Saar berte non 10 reidJli9 ulIo g~lGnSe1o
mte III meirtem 25Iten Sabre"
Ernruprt unb geftdrtt burd Die Itt'
S*"S"At& melIonnq BON 4per's 5airs
St9or, erlaugt ba8 Qaar feline Sngenofarbe
lIn0 yeoensfrQft iuieber. Rep. 3. y. gSi'
ltGriIon bonn DapiblonsSOlie Itcfie1s
burg 60, q. G., lnrsibt rS6 babe AperS
9otf-Gigor Die leBten sehn SATIRE %gebrand]t.
GS II Gin uortreiilifes GrbaltnrgSmtttel."
gE}erhpfe beine 9aare burdb g(per's Satrs'
~"~N Sigor ibre Sh6nhett pleoer
erlaugen? &erninm mas 6rau 90. =. Soft
Don Qeabpilte, &al., idreibt: n8or 8ruet
Sahrsn ting ih an &perS SatrzStgor AZ
gebraufeu, neil mein 6aar lat gan; alta.
gefaltNt mar. 6eute 1T Is 20 3oa iaua,
fajn, tr0ftIg .nno geinno."
NfsYh ben @ebraun BON Gper's Satr.
~"*lY Sigor itslte Geo. q. Oaomat
bon 8aterloo, Wo., Den u~ripriinglideu gee
iunoen 3utanb ieines SaareS mieoer her.
gr mar tat fabl uuo iebr gralt. @r ifreibt:
rs beourite mir pier SlnId)en beS 8iqorS,
meinem 9oare htcielbe Tarbe unS Ne.uge
mieOer SIT oerIGaffen, ME in nleiner Snge1o."
Die anDenOung SON q Ssfr.
@isor heilt Srautleiten Der Sopfbaut. S.
8. Softer BON 9rincetou, SuS., itreibt:
nSabre lang mar i) init eiuer &ranfleit Der
&opihaut beAaftet; meiu &opf mar nit
SdieiGn beocGt, mo 1uciu Qaar trodeI
u1o raub. agcr'S 0airs8igor beilte MID
id)lea, reint9te netl,e Gopfhaut, uro mGdte
netn 9aar tuei9 rlo biegIam."
ADer's Oair-Di9or,
n @ereitet gon
Dr. 5. 6. agcr G. Co., 9oiDel. @aR.,
9. ct. .. 81.
Su alien 4potbefen gu haben.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1887-02-07

THE CHARLES A. voGELER CO., Baltimore, Nd.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1887-02-07
NrifNacpaanste obnbdn,,p

Ni@t ieIten ftnDet man, OaB iuuoe
86uine. tpel6e i'm Spdtberbite NIT gro6er
SorgFalt eingepflan5t tpuroen, Ibon inn
eriten Wtnter iealIber Blege entbebreu
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1887-02-07
WnsesdbItsS apsher s9mtEsen una hann srbsfIt

Gntesbrrp, Ntdii.
Geit srpei Sabren bG5e i5 an ent5iinbLi9en1
%beurn6ttsntus in benSGBen geLitten unb ruaren
bic S9mer3en 10 befttg, baB i'd ui6tim Stanbe
mar, ben 8uB obne 9roBe S9r1er5en 81 Ietben,
su bsrii5ren. SO bate 1les perfuft, Dbne
2inSsfnng at fn6en, big i'd i6IteBIt3 anfns
ct. SafobS Del ST. gebrou9en: @9cn mad
Der eriten gtuuenbun9 fiiblte i9 8e1erung ru6
BEL fortgefebtem Gebrau1 fpurbe i9 miebeT
uoltdn6ig bcrgefeut. 81. $. SDGt
gaanaser bes sMnnericGn 9Ouie.S
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-21
FARM AND FiRESiDE.

Variety is the best culinary spice
If rat get into chicken coop it
will kill every chick if it can have time
to carry them off before being dis
covered.
-Ihave been narrowing my meadows.
about AS acres-for three years, and
they seem to be getting better.-PrGirie
Farmer.
DO not kill the mole until satisfied
whether it is an enemy or a friend
Sometimes the mole destroys large
number of cutwOrms and slugs.
To Remove Tan: New milk half
a pint, lemon juice one-fourth Of an
ounce Boil and skim clear. Use night
and morning.
AS far as possible iron by the thread
that is, pull the material straight and
endeavor to move the iron in the same
line with the thread of the cloth.
-Potted Finnan Haddies: Cold boiled
haddies. of any that is left from had
dock at dinner. must be pounded fine,
with little butter, cayenne pepper.
salt and an atom of mace, or sprinkle
of curry powder. Serve in little
mound, with hot, dry CiHcinEGtt
Times.
Cream Celery: Cut the celery into
inch pieces; put into a saucepan and
cover with boiling water; boil ten min
utes. Make n sauce with one teaspoon
full corn starch stirred into a half-pint
of boiling water. and little butter and
salt. Drain the celery, put it into n
vegetable dish and pour over it the
sauce while hot.-BoSton Budget.
An earthen floor is the best for the.
poultry houses. A cement surface I'M
derneath possesses the advantage of
perfect dryneSs for the extra cost; as it
is not difficult to keep your earthen
floor reasonably dry. provided you raise
mound of earth for the house to stand
on. and surround it with a ditch to-
catch rain.-Fdrm, Field and Stock
man.
Veal ScOllops: Chop any refuse
pieces of veal very fine. put a layer on
the bottom of deep, buttered baking
dish. Season with salt and pepper
Cover with a layer of powdered
crackers and bits of butter. Proceed
until the dish is full. Spread over the
top thick layer of crackers pounded,
butter, two beaten eggs, and a teacup
of cream. Bake slowly.-LOuiSCiiie
CouTier-,J0Urndl.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-21
1T WORKETH WELL.
Plain Understanding Existing Between q
Conscientious Father and SON.


Conscientious Father and SON.
Close by railroad junction in Ala
bama, where we had to wait some time
for the other train, was a general store.
and several of us went over to see how
business was done. The proprietor was
little old man with benevolent face,
and his clerk was his son. who was
hawk-eyed, sharp-nosed young man
with no benevolence about him. The
customers were principally negroes,
and there was great run on some new
tin coffee pots just unpacked. The one
hung up for a sample was marked
TWENTY-FIVE" on the bottom. Every
time darky asked the old man for
coffee pot he was referred to .'William."
and every time William was asked for
calico he referred the customer to
father. We saw this go on until our
curiosity was aroused, and the Colonel
finally asked the old man for an expla-
nation.
"Stranger?" queried the old man in
reply.
Yes
Don't live about here?"
20, no; just waiting for the train"
"Well, then, it's just this way: WILL
lam has the conscience to ask forty
cents for twenty-five cent coffee pot,
and as he is leetle sot in his ways 1
let him tend to that line"
But about the calico?'
well. try as hard as l may, 1 can't
ask over eighteen pence for ten-cent
calicos and as William knows how
rigid my principles are he never inter-
feres with my side of I've store. DE
trot Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-21
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The best place to see;the average
museum freak is in the picture in the
advertisement. 1t there eXcels itself in
monstrosity. - Germantown Ii1depend-
ent.
20. you cruel thingr exclaimed
a lady to a gentleman as he liftel Il
poodle over brook by its tail, while at
the same time she swung her little child
over by one arm.-TIoy Times.
A Scotch lady who has been visiting
Boston and New York says the Boston
woman admires nothing she under
stands, and the New York woman I'M
derstands nothing she admires.
The way they talk out West.-First
Speaker-"Let me see. Uncle Billy,
YOUR the oldest inhabitant in Yeast
vile, amt ye?'' Second ditto-"Me
the oldest inhabitant? o, no. What
put that idea in your head? There's
old Ferguson who's been here five or
six months longer than me"
Reporter, interviewing rich man
"You began life barefooted and worked
for dollar a week, believer" mo,
sir, didn't "Well, that will have
% 90 in, anyway. They all do it, and
we should make an exception in
your case our readers would complain.
burlington Free Press.
You ought to be married, sir"
said the phrenologist to the victim of
the stage. YES. sir. you ought to be
married. You have nc right, to have
lived bachelor so many years. Now,
look at your clothes, sir. Who mended
YOUR coat, sir? Tell me that?" my
third wife, sir. IN Y. Telegram.
"A Boston broker lost n package of
$4,000 on the street, and newsboy
who picked it up and chased him three
blocks to return it, was rewarded with
the magnificent gift of ten cents. He
would have given the lad fifteen, but
he had a quarter and couldn't make
change. The boy is doing well under
the circumstances Detroit Free Press.
"A Nice Little Man.-Chicago Miss
Ito father)-"Papa, did Mr.-Mr.-
can't think of his name-anyway, did
a tall young man with blue eyes and
side-whiskers call on you to-day"
Father-''I don't think he did. Why
do you ask?' Chicago Miss-"Noth-
ing. only 1 have promised to marry
him, and 1 didn't know but he had
asked for me. Let me see. Ryan, Ry-
man, RaEd2il-isn't it strange l can't
remember his name? But 1 am almost
sure it begins with an r. and. papa,
he's the incest little man you ever saw.
just know you'll like him." Father
be surprised. When you
get acquainted with him, introduce
me. "-ArEGnsGU Traveller.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-21
THE CRISES OF 1873.
How the Hard Times Began In the United
States and in Germany.

States and in Germany.
The period of economic disturbance
which commenced in 1873, appears to
have first manifested itself almost
simultaneously in Germany and the
United States in the latter half of thar
year. In the former country. the great
and successful results of the war with
France had stimulated every depart
ment of thought and action among its
people into intense activity. The war
indemnity, which had been exacted of
France, had been used in part to pay
off the debt obligations of the Govern
ment, and ready capital became so
abundant. that banking institutions of
note almost begged for the opportunity
to place loans, at rates as low as l per
cent, with manufacturers. for the pur-
pose of charging their establishments
As legitimate result. the whole coun-
try projected and engaged in all man.
ncr of new industrial and financial I'M
dertakings. In Prussia alone 6S7 new
Joint stock companies were founded
during the year 1872 and the
first six months of 1873. with an
aggregate capital of $iS1, Oh, 900. Such
4 state of things, as is now obvious, was
most unnatural, and could not con-
tinue; and the reaction and disaster
came with great suddenness. as has
been already stated, in the fall of 1873,
but without anticipation on the part OF
the multitude. Great fortunes rapidly
melted away, industry became para
lTzed. and the whole of Germany
passed at once from condition of APP
parently great prosperity to depth OF
financial, industrial and commercial
depression that had never been equaled.
In the United States the phenomena
antecedent to the crises were enumer-
ated at the time to be, "a rise of prices,
great prosperity, large profits, high
wages and strikes TO-, higher; large inn
portations, railway mania. expanded
credit, over-trading, over-building, and
high living" The crisis began on the
18th of September, 1878. by the failure
of a comparatively unimportant rail-
way company-the New York and o.
wego Midland. On the 18th. the bank
ing-house of Jay Cook & Co. failed.
On the 18th, nineteen other banking
houses failed. Then followed n success
sion of bankruptcies, until in four years
the mercantile failures had aggregated
s775, S65, 900; and on January l. 1875.
the amount of American railway bonds
in default amounted to S7S9, SCI, 655.-I
Darid 4. Wells, in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-21
TWO FRIENDS.

Bitter words they'd spoken
Each to each.
Till cloud unbroken
Seemed to reach
Seemed TO float between them
Dull and gray
Like a vail, TO screen them
Since that day
Each from each; till alas there
Half in hate
They did meet and pass there,
Who so late
Had been friends together,
Friends OF years,
Through all winds anG weather,
Hopes and fears.
''AH these years mistaken"
Murmured one;
''Now to start and waken,
Find undone,
Ruined past retrieving
At blow
AL my fine believing"
Very low
Murmured he. the other,
This, the end:
More than any brother
Seemed this friend"
Thus apart they spoke there
Under breath.
At that moment broke there
Faster yet, and faster
Flew that wall
OF the dread disaster,
Till the tale
Over all the city
Cast its gloom
OF dismay and pity
For such doom.
When the rumors rang there
At the start,
More than one man sprang there
Sick at heart.
One thus fearing, waited,
Dumb with fear,
For the friend "half-hated,"
Now so dear.
Should he find him lying
Stiff and stark ?
Should he find him dying
Harki oh, bark!
Whose the voice that falls there
On his ear :
Whose the name it calls there,
Full and clear
Face to face thus meeting,
Hand to hand,
In that moment greeting.
Dumb they stand;
With full hearts outgoing,
Each to each,
With full eyes o'erfjowing
For their speech.
What they'd once contended,
Blin6ly thought
All their friendship ended,
Come to naught
Face TO face with death there,
Out of sight,
Like wind-biown breath there,
Fled their spite.
Nora Perry, ia Y. y Independent.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-21

Good buttermilk made from sweet
cream and taken fresh is form of food
found serviceable in cases of diabetes.
A diet of pure buckwheat flour cakes
has also proved advantageous in gly-
eOsur1a. Indianapolis Journal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-21

On the average farm a calf that
will in three years with the same feed
and care make as heavy and as valuable
a heIfer or steer as another calf will do
IN four years, is worth at least fifteen
dollars more when dropped.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-21

Pines and their companions. the
birches, indicate a dry, rocky, sandy or
gravel soil; beeches dryish, chalky or
gravel soil; elms and lines a rich and
somewhat damp soil; oaks and ashes a
heavy clay soil and poplars and will
lows. a low, damp or NASTY SOIL Many
of these trees are found growing to-
gether, and it is only when one species
predominates in number and vigor that
it is truly characteristic of the soil and
that portion of the atmosphere in con-
nection with it.-Troy Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-07-21

Girls are so scarce in Dakota that
when new girls enters the territory
all the brass bands turn out en- masse
and serenade her with Sweet ViOlets."
-AssanthrOpie Exchange.